For information on the form and tropes of the Blues see this
week's handout.

You may also want to listen to these American Indian blues &
music clips from Honor the
Earth:

SHERMAN ALEXIE / JIM BOYD (Small
World 450K)- Jim Boyd, a member of the Colville Confederated
Tribes in Washington State, is a singer/songwriter with three
self-released recordings - Reservation Bound, Unity and
Reservation Blues (a collaboration with Sherman Alexie). He
owns his own music production company, Thunderwolf
Productions, and is currently preparing to record a new album,
First Come, Last Served, to be released in 1997.

This page is a link to David Wynecoop's page on Spokane
Myths and Legends and other Northwestern Oral Tradition. It
includes links to a number of Coyote Stories. You might want to
compare the style and content of these stories to "Children
of the Sun" a history of the Spokane Indians by David C.
Wynecoop (Spokane)

This is a page put together for tourists on the
attractions of the Spokane Indian reservation. You might want to
compare it to pages put together by American Indian tribes
themselves (for example the Pinoleville
Indian Reservation).